Defeating Bacteria In Hot Water Systems With A Heat Exchanger

The average hot water is a relatively simple appliance to understand. It uses gas or electricity to dump energy into water in the form of heat, keeping it at a …read more

What’s Mu Metal?

If you tear into old TVs or recording equipment, you may see shields made from some exotic-looking metal. Old timers will tell you it’s called mu metal, and its purpose …read more

This Week In Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, And TeamPCP Arrests

On GitHub, [AyaanB] details buying a cheap Android TV streaming device, looking for, and finding, baked-in malware. Multiple warnings have been issued by the FBI and CISA regarding malware on …read more

Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure

The phones! They were one of the basic utilities of the 20th century, and were just about as reliable as death and taxes. Even when then power grid went down, …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 879: Easy Like Butter

This week Jonathan chats with Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project! What is going on at the forefront of Open Source and privacy advocacy? Where are we on a true …read more

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A Defrag Simulator In Your Browser

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By Zoe Skyforest | September 1, 2026

Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day. Back then, you’d use it to theoretically speed up disk access. Today, you can run …read more
Haiku OS Releases Beta 6

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By Maya Posch | September 1, 2026

After just a little over 25 years of the Haiku project trying to keep the BeOS spirit alive, the team has now released Beta 6. The spicy details of what …read more
Building An Airsoft Claymore Mine

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By Zoe Skyforest | September 1, 2026

The Claymore mine is a rather fearsome weapon of war, using explosives to blast a cone of shrapnel towards advancing enemies. It’s not really something you should try and build …read more
How Gold Plastic Syndrome Is Killing Toys And Game Consoles

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By Maya Posch | September 1, 2026

In a recent video [Sqwerks] does a deep-dive into the problem of disintegrating plastic enclosures of Nintendo DS consoles. These original NDS handheld consoles have a metallic-like coating that appears …read more
Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs

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By Donald Papp | September 1, 2026

Want to feel the heat of nearby fire, explosions, or radiation? Or even just the gentle warmth and breeze of a sunny day in the wasteland? If you said yes, …read more
Hackaday Europe 2026: Playstation 4 To Psychometer

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By Zoe Skyforest | September 1, 2026

There are many ways to detect stress in an individual. You can use self-reporting checklists, you could try and measure various vital signs like respiratory rate and pulse and infer …read more
It’s Teletext, But On The Radio

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By Jenny List | September 1, 2026

Old-school teletext with its pixelated text and block graphics may now be largely a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean it’s without enthusiasts or there’s no more life …read more

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